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Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube.

August 2nd, 2012 · Uncategorized

 

  • The Heretic – themorningnews
  • Shag
  • National Priorities Project: Bringing the Federal Budget home
  • SNESbox
  • Kottke
  • Athletic body diversity reference for artists – intergalacticmessages
  • Kids Count datacenter
  • Lumosity: Brain Games & Brain Training
  • Brian Shaw, the Strongest Man in the World – newyorker
  • Both Sides of the Table
  • The Sideshow
  • One With The Water – nytimes
    Sight

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    The liability of obsolescence

    July 31st, 2012 · Uncategorized


      Howe Gelb: How to respond to a Paste Magazine review – collapseboard
      Business Matters: Vacuous Pop Music Was Never the Problem – billboard.biz
      Megaupload and the twilight of copyright – fortune
      Music Labels Won’t Share Pirate Bay Loot With Artists – torrentfreak
      ACL vs. Fun Fun Fun: Infographic – austinchronicle
      Emily Wells Talks Symphonies, Beats, & Her “Mama” – uprootedmusicrevue
      Hectic City: The Kleptones Blog
     
       Japandroids – For the Love of Ivy (gun club)
       Green Day – Let Yourself Go
       Angus Stone – Wooden Chair
       Pond – Kick Out the Jams (mc5)
       Yppah – Film Burn
       The Death Set – The Mix Up (dz deathrays)
       Dean Wareham – Indian Summer (beat happening)
       Mooney Suzuki – Alive and Amplified
       Mooney Suzuki – 99%
       J Roddy Walston and the Business – Used to Did
       Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
       Pearl Jam (w/Robert Pollard) – Baba O’Reilly (who)
       Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
       The Go! Team – Grip Like A Vice
     
     
      DrB 2007 mix flashback:
      Epsilon07-6   [download removed per infringement notification]
         [playlist]
     
      DrB 2008 mix flashback:
      Zeta iii   [download]
         [playlist]
     
      Another DrB 2008 mix flashback:
      Zeta iv   [download]
         [playlist]

     

    2007 : Baseball Insights in Measuring the Soft Data
    2003 : Passionate Defense Of The “F” Word

     

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    I went bankrupt in two ways, gradually and then suddenly.

    July 30th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • Collapsing U.S. credibility – ggreenwald   salon
  • Dilbert at the Bank
  • How Jamie Dimon hid the $6 billion loss – fortune
  • UBS Issues Hyperinflation Warning For US And UK, Calls It Purely “A Fiscal Phenomenon” – zerohedge
  • Man who ran World Bank calls for bankers to face the music – independent
  • Court orders SEC whistleblower evidence on JP Morgan Hedge Fund fraud released – teribuhl
  • Oh Really? Fraud As A Business Model Is News? – market-ticker
  • Barclays, JPMorgan Chase have many woes – sfgate
  • GOP Senate Nominee Shorting U.S. Treasury Bonds, Would Profit From Government Default – thinkprogress
  • BofA Fined $2.8 Million for Overbilling 95,000 Accounts – bloomberg
      NOTE: That’s a $2.8m fine for a $32.2m fraud. For a nice $29.4m profit….

  • LIBOR: The rotten heart of finance – economist
  • Massive Furor in UK Over Libor Manipulation; Where’s the Outrage Here? – nakedcapitalism
  • Why is Nobody Freaking Out About the LIBOR Banking Scandal? – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • LIBORgate: Diamond v Tucker at Treasury Select Committee – order-order
  • LIBOR Banking Scandal Deepens; Barclays Releases Damning Email, Implicates British Government – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • Exposure of Banker Corruption – goldseek
  • The British, at Least, Are Getting Tough – nytimes

     

    2010 : …catches foul ball while holding baby…
    2008 : Why Do Voters Reward Poor Disaster Preparedness?
    2006 : Motocrosser Quits After Learning Physics
    2003 : The nation’s capital

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    Nobody here but us not-spring chickens.

    July 19th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

      Two new DrBeeper 2012 samplers :

        Kappa5   [download]
    Continuing down the 2012 path

         [playlist]

     

        Kappa6   [download]
    2012, step by step by step

         [playlist]

     

    2002 : Bubble Town
    2004 : Let the games begin
    2005 : Thor rolls a joint
    2011 : The Electric Dock Ellis Acid Test

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    The road to success is always under construction.

    July 18th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • The Ultimate Counterfeiter Isn’t a Crook—He’s an Artist – wired
  • Louis C.K., the Jerk-Off Genius – rollingstone
  • Carny Lingo


    Relativistic Baseball – xkcd   what-if
    Bobby Valentine Bulldozes Corporate America’s Sacred (Mad) Cow – mgmtbybaseball
    Weighing walks: Eight facts about the importance of bases on balls – sportingnews

     

    2006 : Gallery of the Absurd
    2007 : Neocons on a Cruise
    2008 : Strange-Carafes

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    Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.

    July 6th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

      Two new DrBeeper 2012 samplers :

        Kappa3   [download]
    Sampler of 2012 EPs & singles

         [playlist]

     

        Kappa4   [download]
    “I heard this great song…”

         [playlist]

     

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    Think of a number; divide it by 2

    July 3rd, 2012 · Uncategorized


      Superbowl XLV Film Study, Part 1: Aaron Rodgers Knows Best
      Superbowl XLV Film Study, Part 2: Aaron Rodgers Still Knows Best
      Superbowl XLV Film Study, Part 3: Disguising the Defense – hydrotech   californiagoldenblogs
      Debate: College Football Should Be Banned – slate
      Offensive Play: How different are dogfighting and football? (2009) – mgladwell   newyorker
      Q&A: Cal wide receiver Keenan Allen – espn
     
      Will R.A. Dickey’s Angry Knuckleball Change The Game? – baseballnation
     
      Hell on wheels: The athletes behind the Texas Roller Girls – culturemapaustin
      Ten years of flat track derby – parnold   examiner
     
      Taxing Slow Play – sportseconomist

     

    2009 : The Coolest Tricks in All of Sports

     

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    One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.

    July 2nd, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • LSD, Ecstasy, and a Blast of Utopianism: How 1967’s “Summer of Love” All Began – vanityfair
  • Printable Board Games Worksheets and Printables – education
  • Q&A: Matt Taibbi on the 40th Anniversary of Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72… – villagevoice
  • A seat at the table for death – jcarroll
  • Golden Gems: childrens book images
     
    The Scientific Hangover Cure

     


    Black Bananas and Kurt Vile – Before They Make Me Run (Stones)
    King Tuff – Bad Thing
    King Khan & The Shrines – Bite My Tongue
    The Golden Boys – Dirty Fingernails
    The Mars Volta – Inertiatic ESP
    Ty Segall – So Alone
    Bo Diddley, Jay P. Mobey and Tina Turner – Can Your Monkey Do the Dog? (1965)
    The Coathangers – Hurricane

    Amanda Palmer with David Byrne – Burning Down the House
    Mates of State – I Am A Scientist (GBV)
     
      Review: Sonny Smith Goes a Little Bit Country – motherjones
      The Making Of… The Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’ – uncut

     

    2010 : 1H2010 DrB mixes: Theta1   Theta2   Theta3   Theta4

     

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    you’re like a miniature Buddha, covered in hair

    June 27th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • Members of Congress trade in companies while making laws that affect those same firms – washingtonpost
  • A Loophole Big Enough to Lose a Billion – nytimes
  • A Cure for What Ails Us: It is not enough to encourage enterprise and limit regulation—we need a fixed system of value. – wsj
  • Modern Day Fairy Tale of 3 Economic Wizards (Except It’s True)– mish
  • As RBS’ ATM “Glitch” Enters Fifth Day, The Bailed Out Bank Issues A Statement – zerohedge
  • New York to Repeat Chicago’s Parking Meter Catastrophe – mtaibbi   rollingstone
  • A Blueprint to Kill JP Morgan’s Alleged Massive Manipulative Position in the Silver Futures Market – theundergroundinvestor
  • JP Morgan Managers Being Told Trade Loss is $9 Billion – teribuhl
  • When Is A Hedge Not A Hedge? The Accounting For JP Morgan’s Bet – re:TheAuditors
  • JPMorgan & Other Financials Still Receiving Billions Annually From U.S. Taxpayer – silvervigilante
  • Why Congress Won’t Touch Jamie Dimon: JPM Derivatives Prop Up US Debt – commondreams
  • Federal Judge Makes it Easier for Monolines to win Big Damages in JP Morgan RMBS Putback Suits – teribuhl
  • Not Much Illumination: JP Morgan, MF Global & Man in the Middle, Jamie Dimon – re:TheAuditors
  • Hypothecation of the London Whale – JP Morgan’s Dimon Testifies – wealthcycles
  • Computers (HFT) can move prices up or down on various markets for virtually zero cost. – maxkeiser
  • Wash Trading by High-Frequency Firms Said to Face U.S. Scrutiny – bloomberg
  • Libor Traders Said to Avoid Charges in British Probe – bloomberg
  • Lehman audit investigator takes no action against Ernst & Young – guardian
  • Breaking News: Regulators to Classify Gold as Zero-Risk Asset – financialsense
  • Gold Becomes a Tier 1 Asset Class for Banks – tdvgoldentrader
  • Proposed Banking Regulations Would Drive Gold Prices Higher – washingtonsblog
  • The Manipulation of Gold Prices (2008)– seekingalpha

    Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith with Bill Moyers

     

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    hats cannot hold an infinite supply of rabbits

    June 12th, 2012 · Uncategorized

     

  • Parent Health Care and Modern Medicine’s Obsession With Longevity – nymag
  • In Sitting Still, a Bench Press for the Brain – nytimes
  • Eureka! When a Blow to the Head Creates a Sudden Genius – theatlantic
  • Noise and Signal – farnamstreetblog
  • Aging video gamers change their habits – statesman
  • Build a Hovercraft With Your Kids – geekdad   wired
  • 10 Highly-Desired Skills You Can Teach Yourself – lifehacker
  • The Older-and-Wiser Hypothesis – nytimes
  • Megaupload Prosecution Is Lawless and Unconstitutional, Law Professor Says – torrentfreak
  • We’re Underestimating the Risk of Human Extinction – theatlantic
    Russell Brand at Parliament Drug Inquiry
    Dan Rather: Corporate Media ‘Is In Bed With’ Washington

     

    2006 : A Dose of Genius
    2002 : Tom Lehrer – The Elements

     

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